An area of fashion I must surely examine in the future is that of uniforms. In comparison to the unique quality of each piece I’ve made so far, not just regarding the detailing (text and imagery) but also the style/look/colour etc, I’m intrigued to explore the effect of a range of paper garments made to look exactly alike. Each piece apparently the same as the next and yet…on closer inspection each giving away specific qualities of the individual who might wear it.
Surely if they were to be a series they’d vary in size and some would show distinct, if slight, physical tweaks (such as when certain school girls hitch up their skirts to a length shorter than the standarad or add a personal appendage to try to demonstrate their rebellion/ personality).
If, however, in the case of the paper garment, the exact details of the individual inhabitants psyche (thoughts/impressions etc) were written/drawn on and over/across the surface of each piece what then would closer inspection reveal the differences to be?
I’d like to link to a particular organisation in order to explore these ideas further.
